Abstract: Abstract. This study investigates how gender identity interacts with ecodesign cues to shape consumer purchase preferences, focusing on the social perception of sustainability as a gendered behavior. Prior work identifies ...

Abstract: Mean monthly wind speed at 70 m above ground level is investigated for 11 sites in Minnesota for the period 1995?2003. Wind speeds at these sites show significant spatial and temporal coherence, with prolonged periods of ...

Abstract: Innovative building conceptions, that allow for the change of the building's shape and form, can offer advantages for certain types of applications compared to conventional structures. The conception, design, and realization ...

Abstract: Near-surface wind speed variability is investigated at seven stations in and surrounding Minnesota for recent climate records of 22?35 yr in length. Analyses focus on mean annual wind speeds and on the 10th, 25th, 50th, ...

Abstract: This article analyses representations of the tropical Atlantic and its climate in diaries written during sailing voyages from Britain to the Australian colonies in the middle third of the nineteenth century. It argues that ...

Abstract: Digital aerial photography provides a useful starting point for computerized map generation. Features of interest can be extracted using a variety of image-processing techniques, which analyze the image for characteristics ...

Abstract: Geometric conceptualization has always been among the essential mental tools required for the invention, modeling, and visualization of spatial building structures. Furthermore, without an understanding of the geometric ...